27 Bible Verses about Holiness

but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

so that he may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

So, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

he who says he abides in him ought to walk as he walked.

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

yet he has now reconciled you in his fleshly body through death, in order to present you before him holy and blameless and beyond reproach

so that he may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.

but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth;"

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

For of this you can be sure, that no immoral, impure, or covetous personsuch a man is an idolaterhas any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy lives and godliness,

but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him. In love

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

The older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to much wine, but they are to teach what is good,

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,

Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

I am speaking in human terms, because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for holiness.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless we behaved toward you believers;

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in all her glory, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and blameless.

He who does wrong, let him do wrong still; and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he who does right, let him do right still; and he who is holy, let him be holy still."

Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

Let no one look down on your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

But women will be saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-restraint.

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or quarreling.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy lives and godliness,

to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, and were submissive to their own husbands;

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one.

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

for Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

The older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to much wine, but they are to teach what is good,

for Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy lives and godliness,

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

Therefore do not be partners with them; for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),